Utah: Poisoning Is Suspected in Deaths of Five Family Members

By The Associated Press

Oct. 29, 2014

Search warrants show that a Springville couple and their three children who were all found dead last month were probably poisoned, search warrants obtained Wednesday show. The five bodies were found in a locked room with cups containing a red liquid next to each of them and empty bottles of methadone and nighttime cold medicine in a trash can in the home. Benjamin and Kristi Strack were in bed, with children ages 11, 12, and 14, lying around them, tucked in bedding up to their necks, according to the search warrants. They were found by the couple’s older son and Kristi Strack’s mother, the police wrote. Springville Police Lt. Dave Caron said that he could not comment on the search warrant or speculate about the cause of death until results of a toxicology test come back in late November. “I could come up with all sorts of theories, but it’s not helpful,” he said. The authorities have previously said the five did not die violently.

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